Dressmaker&#39;s skirt-measuring device.



M. PUTNEY.

DBESSMAKEBS SKIRT MEASURING DBVIGE.

APPLIOATION rILnn JUNE 10, 1908.

Patented Jan. 19, 1909.

Imumm lllli-l E l l lilll h'lllln Witnesses %W nwir sn MAGGIE YUTN Y, OF COLEMAN, TEXA Si DBESSMAKERS SEZIRT-IvIEASURI-NG DEVICE.

Specification ot' Letters Patent.

Patented 5cm.- 1 9, 1908.

Application filed June 10, 1908. Sflifll No. 437,774,-

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, llLlAGGI'E Potrnnr, a citizen of the United States, residing at Golclnan, in the county of Coleman and State of Texas, have invented new and useful .lin provcnients in Dressmakers Skirt-Measuring Devices, 01 which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a measuring device intended primarily for use by dress makers and tailors to accurately obtain the proper measure of shirts and in locating the desired point where tucks, rulllcs, and trimmings are to he placed.

The invention has for one of its objects th provision of a measuring device of tli character which is ofcoxnparativcly siniplc and inexpensive construction, convenient and reliable in use, and readily manipulated for obtaining the various measurements.

Another object of the invention is the enrployment of a stand or base on which the person to fitted stands and which is pro vided with a swinging arm to which the lower end of a tape is applied, the opposite end of the tape being attached to a chain or equivalent means applied to the waist of the person and on'which the tape can be worked around, in accordance with the movement of the arm on the stand or base, so that Incas-'- ureinents can be taken at every point around the skirt.

With these objects in view and others, as

will appear as the description procecds the invention comprises the various novel foo tures of construction and arrangement of parts whichwill be more "fully described hereinafter and set forthwith particularity in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawing, which illustrates one embodiment of the invention, Fig

ure 1 is a front view of the device illuslrat' ing the application thereof. 3 a plan View of the base. Fig. 8 1s a central vertical. section thereof; Fig. +1 1S a perspective new of the belt or chain to which the upper cnoi of the measuring tape is attached. 5

is a plan view of tl'lcswinging arm on tho base to which the lower end of tho measuring tape is attached.

Similar reference characters are employed to designate corresponding parts throughout the views.

Referring to the drawing, A designates a standthat consists of a tripod formed of plate 1 and feet 2 and on which rests a pedestal 3, and supported on the upper end of tlio I pedestal is a top 4 on which the person to be fitted stands. The tripod, pedestal, and top 1 are ronrovably connected togethcrj by means of a bolt 5 passing through the top,

pedestal, and platc 1, as shown in Fig; 3, the

bolt enabling the base, to be readily taken anal-t tor conveniently packing the same for pment. The lower cnd oi the pedestal has a circular portion (5 on which turns an arm 7 that has a circular head or ring 8 into which the lower end 6 of the pedestal fits,

the illlll being held from vertical movementby a shoulder 9 at the top of the ring and the plate 1 of the tripod at the bottom of the ring. .T he arm 7 has a handle extension 10 coni'xccted with the outer extremity of the armby a hinge 11, whereby the said handle extension can be folded backwardlylnnder the top 1 whcnthc base is not in use so as to be out of the way and also adapt tho stand to be used as a. stool. On the bottom-of the top l. is a drawer 12 for holding the tape measure and belt member, chalk, pins, thread, and the like. l

The tape measure B is of that type con sisting ot'a'jcasin'g 13" nto whichthe tape. 18 retr eved by a spring when the free end or the tape 15 released. The tape has a hook 1i for engaging in any one of a plurality of loops or eyes 15 1n thev arm 7, whllctho cas-' ing 13 of the tape is attached to thebclt element Got the device. In the present in; 7

stance, this device is in the form of a chain of such length to fit any size wsistand is equipped with a hook 16 for engaging an link of tho opposite cn'd of the chain 'for fastening the latter aronndtho waist, therebcing metal oi other knobs 17 'on-thc' cxn-czuitics of the chains which serve is-stops for preventing the slide 1.8 'Ii10ln dropping oil when thochuin is removed from the body. This slide 18 has. a hook or eye 19 whereby the ca sin" 13 of the tape measure, is attached or clcincnt C is applied to the waist and tho tape 15 pulled out of the casing a sullicient distance from the-free end to bc hooked on. the arm 7, the to o thus passing 'iroin the.

waist of the skirt on point below the top 4.- The divisions of thetapc-loegin at point coincident with tho topv ofthe part which is equivalent to the floor line so that that to s tance between the latter and the bottom of the shirt will be the height of the skirt oi? the floor. in raking the measurements, the arm 7 Will be verti ally under the point- Where the tape is attached to the waist element C, and the pin or other marker is inserted in the skirt at the desired height and. to take the next measurement, the arm is moved b0 the right or left and the slide 18 shifted in a corresponding direction to permit of a second measurement and in. this manner, the successive measurements are taken.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, the advantages of the construction and of themei-hod of o neration Will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art to which the invention appertains, and While I have described the principle of operation of the invention, together with the device which I now consider to be the best embodiment thereof, I desire to have it understood that the device shown is merely il ustrative, and that such changes may be made when desired as are Within the scope of the claims appended hereto.

Having thus described the invention, What I claim is:-

l. The combination of a base, men'iber mounted thereto to swing in a horizontal plane, a measuring tans atfiached at one end to the vmember, a waist-encircling element, and means for .adjustably connecting the tape measure to the said element.

2. Ina device of the class described, the combination'of a base or stand, a swinging arm mounted thereon at a point below the top of the stand, means for adjustably connecting a tape measure to the arm, a Waistencircling element, a slide on the said element, and means for connecting the tape measure thereto.

3. In a device of the class described, the

combination of a Waist-encircling element,

a slide freely movable thereon, a measuring device including a self-Winding tape and a casing therefor, means for securing the casing be the slide, a stand havingfla'movable member adapted to be moved together with the slide for taking measurements at different points, and means for attaching the tape no the member.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

smears PUTNEY.=

Witnesses L. GOLBERT, C. hnmieiznin. 

